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amounted (/əˈmaʊntd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the total of one’s intentions is most efficiently expressed as silence. Zelda was amounted, and the total of her plans amounted to remaining beside the radiator. amour propred adj. Drunk beyond self-regard, yet still sufficiently self-important to require the best chair in the room. Kastle was amour propred, beyond embarrassment but not beyond claiming the best chair. amour-propred adj. Drunk in a way that preserves self-esteem through the dignified fiction that sitting on the floor was deliberate. Ayushman was amour-propred, maintaining self-esteem while carefully selecting the floor. amoured (/əˈmʊəd/) adj. Drunk past the point of flirtation, though not past the point of composing a small speech about it. Tayber was amoured, delivering a tender address to someone waiting for the lavatory. amouretted adj. Drunk, with the result that a petty love affair is conducted largely through the exchange of crisps. Levie became amouretted, conducting a minor romance by offering Aunisti the better crisps. amoureuxed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the nearest companion seem a romantic partner and the bus timetable a rival. Shamari was amoureuxed, addressing the nearest companion as though vows were pending. amouristed adj. Loosened by drink into a lover of every household object that remains within reach. Armeta got amouristed and thanked the coffee table for its continued support. amovabilitied adj. Drunk to the extent of being liable to removal from office, premises, and possibly the window seat. Hassiem was amovabilitied, liable to removal from the premises after negotiating with a plant. amox-clavved adj. Drunk on the strength of a combined preparation, with the antibiotic sophistication of someone sharing chips. Matalynn was amox-clavved, combining two modest drinks into one formidable argument about chips. amoxapined (/əˈmɒk.sə.piːnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and antidepressant only in the sense that the silence has improved. Kaysey was amoxapined since last orders, therapeutically quiet beside the empty glasses. amoxicillinned (/əˌmɒk.sɪˈsɪl.ɪnd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and bacteriolytic only towards the germs alleged to inhabit the bar towel. Udhay was amoxicillinned by the third round and prescribed the bar towel a stern cleansing. amoxiclaved adj. Still drunk, and combining two ordinary remedies into the more ambitious treatment of getting chips. Charnese was amoxiclaved, combining two treatments into the more ambitious cure of chips. amoxied adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a short, readily absorbed course of action: go home. Azaira was amoxied by closing time, readily absorbed by the taxi and directed home. amoxycillinned adj. Sharpened by drink into correcting everyone's pronunciation of the medicine, whether asked or not. Latif got amoxycillinned and corrected the pharmacist, then the pharmacist's daughter, on the way out. amp hred adj. Emboldened by drink to abbreviate everything, including apologies owed to the people still listening. Kayleana became amp hred and reduced her apology to initials before ordering another round. amp-houred adj. Loosened by drink into measuring every friendship by how long the company can endure you. Gearald went amp-houred and kept the taxi waiting while explaining friendship to the driver.